military.com— More troops will be trained as unmanned airplane operators than as fighter or bomber pilots combined, the U.S. Air Force said.
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Actually, the "irrational emperor" was ready to surrender before Hiroshima. Nuking the two Japanese cities had little to do with getting Japan to surrender -- they pretty much had, already -- and more about demonstrating to the USSR what the US could could now do to THEM. (Also, Hirohito had little or nothing to do with Japan's going to war. That blame you can lay on the Japanese military, which operated more or less independently, commanded by a cadre of generals and industry "captains" (e.g. Mitzubishi) who believed in Japan's ... let's call it "manifest destiny" ... to expand its influence and thereby increase their wealth. The final sticking point for their surrender was the US insistence that the emperor go on national radio there and declare that he was not, in fact, divine. Japan had already agreed to all other Allied conditions but this one. The US wanted to remove that last shred of dignity, however, and so killed two birds with one stone -- pissing on the Japanese, and sending a very, VERY clear signal to the USSR.)
yocouchdiggaJun 24, 2009
Why are you bringing Tesla into this? Buried for ignorance.
victorfaceJun 25, 2009
Ever read Wired for War by P.W. Singer?
cjh24Jun 25, 2009
the film you are thinking of is "Wargames"
omgwtflawlJun 25, 2009
Just get it struck by lightning. <a class="user" href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;q=johnny+five&amp;btnG=Search+Images&amp;gbv=2&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=">http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;q=johnny ...</a>
suzillaJun 25, 2009
Actually, the "irrational emperor" was ready to surrender before Hiroshima. Nuking the two Japanese cities had little to do with getting Japan to surrender -- they pretty much had, already -- and more about demonstrating to the USSR what the US could could now do to THEM. (Also, Hirohito had little or nothing to do with Japan's going to war. That blame you can lay on the Japanese military, which operated more or less independently, commanded by a cadre of generals and industry "captains" (e.g. Mitzubishi) who believed in Japan's ... let's call it "manifest destiny" ... to expand its influence and thereby increase their wealth. The final sticking point for their surrender was the US insistence that the emperor go on national radio there and declare that he was not, in fact, divine. Japan had already agreed to all other Allied conditions but this one. The US wanted to remove that last shred of dignity, however, and so killed two birds with one stone -- pissing on the Japanese, and sending a very, VERY clear signal to the USSR.)
xixphzJun 25, 2009
lol
faasnatJun 26, 2009
I was expecting a screen cap from the movie Stealth.